But it's still interesting catching up with how many Aldi's are popping up all of a sudden the last couple years. The one in Slidell opened up in the old Toy R Us building.
COVID delayed the onset of Aldi in southeast Louisiana.
There was a closed Toys R Us store in Marrero that was supposed to be the first Aldi in the New Orleans area. Early in 2020, they started advertising for open positions to staff the store, including management trainees.
It never came to pass, though. It would be another three-and-a-half years before Marrero got its Aldi store, and it was a new build.